True yams have rough, dark skin, and their flesh can range from white to reddish color, but it's usually white.
What color are real yams?
Some yams are the size and shape of small potatoes; others can grow up to 1.5m (5ft) in length and weigh over 100lbs (70kg). Skins may be dark brown or light pink; insides white, yellow, purple, or pink.
What does a true yam look like?
Yams have a cylindrical shape with blackish or brown, bark-like skin and white, purple, or reddish flesh. Compared to sweet potatoes, yams are starchier and drier. They're carried in more grocery stores these days, but your best chance of finding them is to look in international and specialty markets.
Are all yams white?
There are many varieties of yams, but the most cultivated type has pale white flesh. Yams can grow to be quite large, weighing many pounds and measuring multiple feet, or they can be the size of a standard potato.
Are yams yellow or white?
Yams are native to Asia and Africa, they are related to lilies and grow as roots of a flowering plant. Yams grow from a regular potato size to gigantic proportions of nearly 5 feet long! The skin of a true yam is tougher and bark like and the flesh is white, red or purplish in color.
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